Degraded water quality influences microbial community composition and perception of health risks in the Chattooga river

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 509-517

  Kent, Angela D ^a   Bayne, Zachary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEGRADATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RIVER; SKIN INFECTION; WATER QUALITY; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SKIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

APPALACHIAN REGION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROBIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECREATION; RISK; RIVERS; SKIN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77956389728     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2009.0988     Document Type: Article

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